Underskirt



A. R. STARKWEATHER.

UNDERSKIRT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, I919.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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PATENT OFFICE.

AMY R. STARKWEATHER, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

UNDERSKIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed November 19, 1919. Serial No. 339,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMY R. STARK- \VEATHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Underskirts, ofwhich the following is a specification. 7

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

This invention relates to underskirts having a body portion ofdiaphanous or sheer fabric.

When such undershirts are worn with overshirts of very thin or sheerfabric, the outline or silhouette of the lower extremities of the wearercan be quite readily observed due to the transmission of light throughthe fabrics of which the outer shirt and the body of the undershirt arerespectively made.

The principal object of the present invention is to overcome thisobjection to such an undershirt, by obstructing or preventing thepassage of light therethrough while providing for the ready passage andcirculation of air between and through the undershirt and the outerskirt.

In carrying out my invention, I attach, at its upper end only, to thebody of the undershirt at its waist-band, or at any desired point belowthe waist-band, a flap of opaque fabric permeable to air, which flapbeing free along its side edges from the body portion of the undershirt,and preferably also free along its bottom edge from the body of theundershirt, permits the air to pass or circulate, not only between theundershirt and the outer shirt, but also between the flap and the bodyof the undershirt, and through the undershirt and the flap, and theouter skirt if made of material so thin or sheer as to permit suficientlight to pass therethrough to render the outline or silhouette of thelower extremities of the wearer visible.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan view of an undershirt embodying myinvention, the garment being spread out flat.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the lower portion of the flap folded back.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferredform, 1 is the body portion of an undershirt made of diaphanous or sheerfabric having any desired kind of waist-band, 2.

I have shown a shirred elastic waistband.

The lower end of the body portion, 1, of the undershirt may be trimmedor ornamented in any desired manner, as by a fiounce, 3.

A flap, l, of opaque fabric permeable to air is attached at its upperend to the upper end or waist-band, 9., of the body portion of theundershirt, the sides and bottom of the flap being free from the bodyportion, 1, to permit free movement of the depending por tion of theflap relatively to the body portion of the garment.

In use the movements of the depending portion of the flap thus permittedwith respect to the body portion of the garment, cause a change andcirculation of the air between the flap and the body portion of thegarment and also tend to cause passage and circulation of air throughthe body portion of the garment and the flap and in like manner tend tocause passage and circulation of air between the flap and the outershirt, not shown, as well as through the outer skirt if made of a fabricpermeable to air.

The flap being comparatively opaque obstructs or prevents the passage oflight through the respective shirts which would otherwise render visiblethe outline or silhouette of the lower extremities of the wearer.

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Patent is 1. Anundershirt having a body portion of diaphanous material, and a flap ofrel. tively opaque material permeable to air, tl e side edges of saidflap being free from the body of the garment.

2. An undershirt having a body portion of diaphanous material, and aflap of relatively opaque material permeable to air, said flap beingattached at its upper end only to the body of the garment.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day ofNovember, 1919.

AMY R. STARKVVEATHER.

